U.S. officials said Tuesday that they are worried that unilateral Israeli moves to relocate settlers from the Gaza Strip will boost the standing of Palestinian extremists amid concerns about a growing "anarchy" on Palestinian streets.
"That would be a real big negative for President (George W.) Bush's vision of two states living in peace and security because the Hamas vision is one state with no Jews in it," one senior U.S. official told Reuters on Tuesday.
"Somebody is going to have to help the Palestinian Authority. They don't have the resources" to compete with Hamas," another official said.
How funny, Hello State Dept, anybody home?
What? Are they falling behind in the number of Israelis murdered?